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| a breif reference to a famous historical or literary figure |
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| comparison using like or as |
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| a self-contradictory combination of words or smaller verbal units |
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| the person created by the author to tell a story |
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| play on words, two words different meanings |
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| comparison using like or as |
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| repitition of initial identical constonant sounds |
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| the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases clause or lines |
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the transposition of normal word order for poetic effect, (yoda) |
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| the omission of one or more sounds from a word, sometimes indicated through the use of an apostrophe |
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| the same or similar vowel sounds |
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| the repetition of pattern of stresses consonants |
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| the omission of part of a word, often the final vowel before the initial vowel |
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| a similar grammatical structure within the line or lines of poetry |
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| the use of more coordinating conjunctions |
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| words at the end that rhyme |
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| words rhyming only as spelled not as pronounce |
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| the rhyme extends more than one syllable |
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| rhyme with only one syllable |
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| the sounds are similar but not identical |
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| the two sounds correspond exactly |
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| pair of lines the rhyme directly |
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| first person speaker expresses thoughts and feelings |
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| a line that has a natural pause at the end |
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| a sentence that continues into new lines without stopping |
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| lines of iambic pentameter that rhyme in pairs |
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| type of lyric that has one purpose or one theme |
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| a phrase repeated within poem |
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| 14 line stanza with iambic pentameter |
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| 3 quatrains, final couplet, rhyming abab cdcd efef gg |
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